Delicious sites, made to order


A website is more than a business tool, it’s the voice of your brand cutting through the bedlam of the Web to reach clients who need you.

We specialize in designing sites that embody your company’s personality, all while catering to your clients with stunning design and functionality. We'll make a complex process simple by understanding your needs and delivering on a silver platter.

Spectrious connects companies to customers through:

  • Custom site design for small and medium size companies
  • Consulting with large companies to improve front-end design and functionality
  • Creative marketing and communications

How may we serve you?

Our Services



Spectrious provides everything your online business needs in one place. We believe that technology should empower you, so you’ll have the ability to easily update your content, and even add new products, through a simple interface.

You’ll also save time and administrative headaches with our powerful Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database. It tracks orders, client communications, e-marketing campaigns, and more.

Rest assured that your site will be built on a solid foundation. This means it will load quickly and be flexible over time.

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Recent Projects

Fresh Tart

As a rising star among food enthusiasts, we helped our client to change a simple blog into an online business. We provided a brand identity and made the site beautiful and compelling to read. The clean design lets food takes center stage with large color photos that draw your eye through the site. Her own personality shows through.

Below the surface, we made the technology simple to use. Our client can add new photos and entries in just a few clicks – saving time and money. Of course, we also provide Search Engine Optimization, so her site will continue to rise in importance.

Medtronic

The Medtronic Mobile division asked us to improve front-end development of their internal sites using Stellent. We are currently designing and developing an apps store to serve their worldwide sales force. This new store provides applications for iPads, iPhone, Android and Blackberry devices.

Rooted Words

We brought a local photographer’s idea to life with a custom gift site. The result is an earth themed e-commerce site that’s tricked it out with custom functionality to select and view framed artwork on the fly.

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C60 Bamboo - Fruit & Veggie Saver

The client is launching a new fruit and vegetable saver product into to the US market and requested a clean, fresh design. Although these bamboo products are new to the US markets, they've been used in Asia for hundreds of years. They are renewable, all natural, non-toxic, recyclable and otherwise great for the environment.

Select Comfort

Select Comfort recently launched a new Sleep Number Bed and needed several banner ads, quick!

We helped to develop design guidelines, then turned around 12 Flash animations, 12 static ads and two landing pages in less than a week, to a grateful client.

Tawn Mastrey Foundation

We’re currently redesigning the Tawn Mastrey Foundation site to enhance their branding and improve the user experience with greater interactivity.

The Tawn Mastrey Foundation is a national Hepatitis C awareness nonprofit that was set up in honor of the late, veteran rock radio DJ, Tawn Mastrey. For more than 30 years, Tawn Mastrey was considered one of rock radio‘s top personalities. Their website is a critical tool used to share messages of Hepatitis C awareness.

About Us

We’re a team of Web and marketing veterans who got tired of watching companies pay way too much for websites that are poorly branded, hard to navigate and expensive to update. We joined forces to do things better.

Our free time is spent exploring the latest trends in site development and online marketing. We live for great work and we want your project to win awards.

Jon Roberts, Director of Interactive Design

Jon is a co-founder of Spectrious. After graduating from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design he worked at several advertising agencies, dot com’s, software development firms and large corporations where he led teams of designers and developers in creating cutting-edge interactive projects.

Jon is has 16 years of experience, spanning all aspects of project life-cycle development, including website and front-end development/implementation, with back-end development/integration. He has a record of achievement in project management, dramatically improving website functionality, operating stability, efficiency and standards compliance. He also has in-depth knowledge of user experience as well as the latest Web development methodologies and standards. 

Katie Murphy, Director of Marketing

Katie is a co-founder of Spectrious. She has 16 years of experience in building award-winning campaigns for agencies, non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 corporations. She has launched more than 40 new products, overhauled marketing collateral systems, managed large employee and customer communication strategies, promoted major fundraising campaigns, and much more.

Katie believes in a simple approach: Start with a clear view of sales and marketing goals, then take a walk in the customer’s shoes to truly understand their point of view. She holds a BA in Mass Communications/Advertising from St. Cloud State University.

Pat Beyer, Director of Interactive Design

Pat is a co-founder of Spectrious. Pat attended the Minneapolis College of Art & Design and launched his interactive design career in the early days of the Internet. He has more than 14 years of experience with traditional and digital agencies. 

Pat is an expert in the latest Web development methodologies and standards. He is experienced in all phases of project life-cycle development, from front-end design and implementation to back-end development and integration. He also has experience in 2D & 3D animation, PowerPoint presentations, video compositing and effects, illustration and photography.

Contact Us

We'd love to speak with you about ways to better connect with your customers.

Please provide a high-level description of your company and project, as well as a link to your website, if you have one. We will get back to you right away.

You can also speak with Katie Murphy directly at 612.720.5932.

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Blog

Medtronic.com Website Goes Live!

Monday, May 02, 2011
After many weeks, the new design for the Medtronic.com website went live this morning. Check it out!

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Medtronic: A Taste of Our Work

Monday, April 11, 2011

We had an unexpected surprise last week when Apple.com showcased the Mobile App Store we designed and developed for Medtronic a few months ago. More »


Welcome Everyone!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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A New Year for a New Business

Monday, January 03, 2011

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Everyone loves a winner

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

We all have a competitive side. Ours is just a little stronger than most. We’ve recently been recognized for outstanding Web design by: One Page Love, BlogDuWebdesign and Ekuzhan More »